Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama; Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior, Konstanz, Germany.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama; Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 Aug;36(8):700-708. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.04.001. Epub 2021 May 7.
Tropical secondary forests are increasingly important for carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation worldwide; yet, we still cannot accurately predict community turnover during secondary succession. We propose that integrating niche differentiation and dispersal limitation will generate an improved theoretical explanation of tropical forest succession. The interaction between seed sources and dispersers regulates seed movement throughout succession, and recent technological advances in animal tracking and molecular analyses enable us to accurately monitor seed movement as never before. We propose a framework to bridge the gap between niche differentiation and dispersal limitation. The Source-Disperser Limitation Framework (SDLF) provides a way to better predict secondary tropical forest succession across gradients of landscape disturbance by integrating seed sources and frugivore behavior.
热带次生林在全球范围内对于碳封存和生物多样性保护越来越重要；然而，我们仍然无法准确预测次生演替过程中的群落更替。我们提出，整合生态位分化和扩散限制将为热带森林演替提供一个更好的理论解释。种子源和扩散者的相互作用调节着种子在整个演替过程中的运动，而动物追踪和分子分析等最新技术的进步使我们能够以前所未有的精度监测种子的运动。我们提出了一个框架来弥合生态位分化和扩散限制之间的差距。源-扩散者限制框架（Source-Disperser Limitation Framework，SDLF）通过整合种子源和果实传播者的行为，为更好地预测不同景观干扰梯度下的热带次生林演替提供了一种方法。
